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P .Toseph Thornton, Esq. F. G. Westmorland, hs Alfred Wilson, Esq. M. Zarifi, Esq. MANAGERS. tienry J. Barker, Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ashurat, Morris. and Co., and Messrs. Edwards and Co. 1 1 1 e Association receives money on deposit for fixed periods. Makes advances on approved securities. zieseegotiates Loans, and undertakes General Financial Basi- W. C. WIN TERBOTTOM, Seoretary. Crosb y Rouse, 96, Bishopgate-street Within. C°NIMODORE NUTT and MINNIE WARREN. T he Celebrated COMMODORE NUTT, the Smallest Man iv ei n 3,,i Twenty Years of Age, Twenty-nine Inches high and ta t T t ung but Twenty-four Pounds, having concluded his 48 three years' engagement in America, for which he tf r ived from Mr. P. T. BARNUM the munificent sum of lop h / EIT THOUSAND DOLLARS, has the honour to in „ine Public of London that he will make his FIRST A":.mARANCE in the OLD WORLD at Sl'. JAMES'S 51,;;" 4 ',L, Piccadilly, on MONDAY, 12th December, 1864, as bY the Wonderful Miss MINNIE WAREN, sister of ". GENERAL TOM THUMB, the Small ß e,t Lady of her ) 1 - Lyn the WORLD. Ei g ht een Years old. Twenty-f our Inches 4 ) , i weighing Nineteen Pounds only—a BACHELOR and It e 1, of mai ure age, and more than usual intelligence, and YYe tti lt ing, together, less than an ordinary child of three I , o — Nature's smallest edition of her choicest w ksor. .11,:, 8 Elfin couple will give TWO LEVEES JOAILY at knee and Eight p.m., in a most interesting MELANGE of A O, Dances, Duets, &c., including Commodore NUTT'S pZgrated personations. THE DRUMMER BOY, SAILOR, SI, T ,,RIC O'FOGERTY, THE CURE, DRUNKARD, OR SPEAKER (with ten changes of costume), JIM. of W (in the character of a Crow). and his wonderful feats P RESTIDIGITATION, &c. &c , and Miss MINNIE t t t b ltßEN in her Songs, Dances, and Duets, appearing in her,,P,F, °BtIY IFFEREN r COSTUMES at each Levee, from T Z D and magnificent wardrobe. tp 01". re will Pe a CHANGE of PROGRAMME at each th e „e magnificent MINATURE COACH drawn by Four of Ge ornalleA PONIES in the world, the whole a present from poneral Tom Thumb to Commodore Nutt, attended by Elfin I,l,,niinan and Footman in Livery, will convey these .1 4 0,',.'LE WONDERS between their HOTEL and ST. 'uttiS'S HALL. tetinlon, ls., 23 , anti 3s. To be obtained at the Hall. A r eserved stalls,.ss. each. Iti4hldrenplaces under ten years of age halt price to the 25., 35., 58 . . of REPRESENTATION of the'WIZARD of theNORTH —TO-NIGHT, at F.ight-97th Repre tlie`!,tion of the WORLD of MAGIC.—Miss ANDERSON, ev„ o eoond-sighted Sybil.—Prices, ls., 25., and 3s. T . ? be s‘'re,(l at ST. JAMES'S HALL, Piccadilly. The Great ke ci e rying, Mystery and Cabinet Seances. by Miss Lizzie ep e ,.ermon and Mr. Sutton, will terminate the Programme ` 3 ' Evening, and Saturday Afternoon. AIrROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. R. and M r s. GERMAN REED, with Mr. 1 , 4 s JOHN PARRY, will appear in THE RIVAL C0M ,411,, , ' ll B (for a limited number of representations). To be t ri ,"wed by THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY. (Mr. and 114,1' GERMAN REED). Shakespearian Visions of Rosa ir,,'-‘, Witch, Touchstone, and Ariel, illustrated by Mrs. Ger -130 Reed. Cone uding with MRS. ROSELE&F AT THE SIDE, by Mr. JOHN PARRY. 1ie,,7 1 :Y Evening except; Saturday) at S. A Morning Repre gqation every Saturday, at 3 o'clock. Unreserved seats, ls. se e , 28 . ; stalls, Is. ; stall spring chairs, ss. Stalls may be red in advance, without tee, at the Gallery. •,_ 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). tZIt,PREE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera N'tquel, is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the th n t lg : "King of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and 9t l B l:iiritecl " Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, ~uhorus ; the side-splitting " Couplets," by Minerva, 14 1 ,a, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; a , d final Minuet ~r alep. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz t "11, Barrie Tyrrell, and Walmsley ; Messrs. Greene and ItScoles. tig r3 2 .4 nd Revival of NORMA (Norma, Miss Russell) ; Adel ,f, :Madame Maria); and Selections from MARTHA and tTRAVIATA ; together with Loeke's celebrated Music "kCBETH. Tri Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. G AF DESCENT OF MERCURY, by Mr. Jas. Talliutt. 3 -lONSTRE CHARLIE, by M. SILVESTRE. 1 ) , e AUBANS in their famous Character Sketches litiltnedY, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. G ASTON ed 4, a R y AY, LITTLE 808, and all the procurable Talent of i nstrumental Solos, &c., &e. Odna 10s. ission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private 6d. eANTERBURY HALL. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). kIIPPUME and BOUQUET, the NEW OPTICAL ILLU- Itt,'N, in wh'ch the whole resources of the establishment are into requisition, written by Mr. W. F. Vandervell. v Th e usual Operatic Sele:tions. the Anthropophaglnian, &c. l'ir p ledY byßandal!, T. Stacey, I ton , and the lqledyrous Indian Rope Trick by Messrs. W. Hilton and cit tlic Illustrations of Negro character by LITTLE 808. Admission—Area, ed.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. OYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern Terminus). Oh A 4,, Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. ND INAUGURATION NIGHT THIS EVENING, SATURDAY, 10th December. ,WECIAL ATTRACTIONS UP TO CHRISTMAS. ' Peratic Selections, Sze. Prima Donna, Miss ELLISON. "tkb il A e „,.Comic strength of the Company includes ANNIE NELLY POWER, J. G. FORDE, WEST, GEO. ~P44 ` ,1 1, OURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. I'. ALEXANDER and ,ulo„,,"Y; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian , 10"H 8 and Gymnasts, Engl from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, first appearance in and. II' C RN for This night only—Stalls or balcony, 2e. ; area, Is. e rtnanent prices —Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, I. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GIIEVILLE. 4 ADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Ist i ,, established 29 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street b.l 16Pt r ADDITION. —A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL „tti t „ ) , , I.LER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast qtri„"•_,by Doctor Donovan, of the Phrenologic +1 School, 111, 'u, is now added to the Chamber of Physiognomy. Open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; extra rooms, Sixpence. 4RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, 0.1 10 , Piccadilly. 1, the celebrated Pagan:ni Cornet, will play during *kll e '`eek Guar's' Waltz, Wapping Old Stairs, Sally in our ! be p' Faust, and other novelties. Lugi Curti, Chef d'Or- Nt o ,,ra, has arranged for this occasion selections from Tro- Uartha, Huguenots, with a series of new dance music. Admission, One Shilling. Manager—M. GRENET. AME RACHEL'S CIRCASSIAN ke o LDE R N EA H UTY WASH. ALABASTER POWDER, and 130nd-st ict, WASH can only be obtained at 47A, Ael R T 11.—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT,—The :qtk e „exclusive right to this Patent was f•ecured to Mr. tet v p, of Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, by her Ma i',6 _,Royal Seal (July 17, 1860), and can only he procured at It - C,'Hilence, where specimens maybe seen, and every infor `Q VII can be obtained. Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth *°' a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without or extractions. They support loose teeth, and protect Se: r glims; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un tle-`able, and they are guaranteed for mastication and NI Illation. Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. 141tations free. iv r OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. -•ar. 14 • skell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing' dtikthelal teeth, and so constructing them that they last their ose a lifetime. . . . The process has been patented, I, lBE l ' o llll6es to be most valuible."—Court Journal, August A et , e a tirpr7sing novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth , tt e eltra by a patented principle, which secures the most Ip, a b aid, combined wiili the greatest ease and agreeable r azee."—Morning Advertiser, August 0, 1860. 8 'caged teeth stopped, Sic. Terms strictly moderate. G r osvenor-street, Bond-street. 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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the SUBSCRIP TION LIST will be CLOSED on the 15th inst., at Twelve o'clock, for London, and on the following day for the Country and abroad. R. H. PATTERSON, Secretary. arrested, and said he could prove that he was at Stratford looking for work up to 8 o'clock on au:limning in question, and from 8 to 11 at a beeratiop he menVoned ; but two re spectable women swore that about halfoast 4 on that after noon they met him going from Hoddeon to Goose-green, and on the road towards Hertford and Brickendon, so that ho would be able to reach Brickendon before the time of the outrage, and it he kept on walking would probably so arrive. Another described him as wearing a low-crowned hat like that picked up and produced, and atdvearing a belt, also like the prisoner's; and further, as "hi ing a sort of etick. Nor was this all. A labourer saw ME prisoner at a pub. liehouso at Goose-green on the evening in question be tween 5 and 6, and s ' that he left there about a quarter before 6 o'clock, and" tit was just 34 minutes' walk thence to the spot wl , was the scene of the outrage in Brickendon - walk. And further, a young woman to whom the prisoner had been engaged to be married swore that about 11 o'clock on the same night he was at a public house at Tottenham,and showed two new sovereigns of the date of 1864, which corresponded with the two missed by the prosecutor. In a day or two afterwards he took the young woman to London paying the expenses and changing one of the sovereigns. After the case had been briefly and clearly stated by Mr Clark, Mr Barker, the prosecutor, was called as a witness, and gave evidence of the circumstances of the outrage as above described. He described the prisoner's dress with the white patch, as spoken to by the women, and also the low-crowned hat, like that picked up, and also spoken to by them. He swore positively, moreover, that the prisoner was the man, accounting for his not having spoken so clearly at the first examination by his extreme weakness at that time. The prisoner cross-examined the prosecutor in a tone of great coolness and effrontery. He particularly pressed him on the point of identity, and with great shrewdness observed that if, indeed, the prosecutor knew and recognised the man Lit was strange that 14041114041,42aLta.latualix.Jaatl, done, addressing him as " Sir." To this the prosecutor an swered that at that time—that is, when first speaking to him—he did not recognise him, and that it was not until ho quickened his step and came closely up to him and along side of him, that he recognised him. Tho prisoner pressed him as to the light, and whether it was not dark and rain ing, but the prosecutor replied that it was not raining but was starlight. Prisoner then pressed him as to why, espe cially if he knew him, he had not recognised him at once, to which the prosecutor answered that he spoke low at first and was walking slowly. The prisoner then pressed him a good deal about the other men whom he had met or passed but it was plain it was not any of them, and the prosecutor, on re-examination, swore distinctly that it was the prisoner, and that at the last moment he observed him distinctly. In answer to the prisoner the prosecutor admitted that he had not observed any stick or weapon in his hand, "but it might have been (he added) up your sleeve." Prisoner's cross-examination of the prosecutor was protracted for a considerable time, until the old man became very weak and hardly able to keep up, but his lordship had him seated by his side and wine was administered to him, and he was thus enabled to hold up to the last. The result was certainly not to shake or weaken his testimony, but rather to strengthen and confirm it. The surgeon having spoken to the nature and number of the wounds on the head of the prosecutor, which, he said, it was a wonder he had not died from, the two women were called, who swore they saw the prisoner going between 4 and 5 towards Goose-green, (which is half ian hour's walk from Brickenden-grove), and they gave their evidence with great clearness ; and; being closely examined by the learned judge as to the circumstances, and their description of the prisoner and his hat and stick, the result was very much to strengthen the effect of their testimony. One of the women especially had particularly observed the pri. sower, because, she said, as they met upon a footpath he pushed rudely past her without making way for her, as "a man" (she said) ought to do for a "woman." This little incident, of which she spoke with some asperity, appeared to have impressed itself strongly on her memory, and she spoke most positively to the prisoner, who tried in vain to shake her by his cross-examination, and whom, indeed, she answered in such a manner as evidently to disconcert him. 'Ellen came the labourer who had seen him at Goose-green, and who also spoke most positively to him, and was cross examined by the prisoner in vain. He was also closely ex amined by the learned judge, but he declared that he knew the prisoner quite well, and adhered to this statement com pletely. And the prisoner's tone at the close of this examination became much lower, and he evidently abated much of his confidence and felt the full force of the testi mony. The young woman to whom lie was engage 1 to bo mar ried was then examined, proving that he bad on the same night shown two sovereigns like those missed by the prose cutor. She likewise stated that ho told her that his stick hid lead in the top of, it, covered over with wash leather. eho further spoke to his having a handkerchief, her descrip • tion of which tallied with one missed by the prosecutor. She also spoke to his coat, and the hole in the sleeve, which showed the lining, and so would seem white. This coat, she said, ho wore on the evening in question, when he went out and when ho came home. The prisoner, in cross-examining this witness, elicited from her that she had both the sovereigns in her hand, and that she remarked to him at the time that they were both of the year 1864, This answer seemed quite to confound him. After a pause he went on to ask her as to the stick, upon which she answered with equal clearness. At last he seemed altogether abashed, and when asked if he would ask any more questions said in a low tone " No." The stick loaded with lead was spoken to by another witness, and several witnesses gave evidence more or less confirmatory. F.nally the police proved the false account he had given of himself as to where ho was on the evening in question, that he had been in Stratford all the Saturday up to 8 o'clock, and that lie had never been in Hertfordshire fur two years. None of the moneys cr things of which the prosecutor had been robbed were found on the prisoner. The prisoner, when called upon for his defence, solemnly asserted his innocence, but called no witnesses to prove where he was on the evening in question. The learned Judge then summed up the case to the jury, first explaining to them the counts or charges in the indict ment, and the different intents laid in the first three, which charged a felonious wounding. There could, ho raid, be no doubt whatever that the prosecutor had been attacked and robbed and most grievously wounded. Then came the im portant question whether the evidence satisfied them the prisoner was the man. The prosecutor swore positively to his identity. When he first saw him his eyesight was affected by severe injuries on his eyes, and he could not see prisoner distinctly; but afterwards, and on this occasion he swore positively to the prisoner. No doubt there were cases of mistaken identity. L ot the jury,then, look carefully at the evidence of the prosecutor taken in connexion with all the confirmatory circumstances of the case. He met a man going , and he met three men; but after wardsprisoner, who was going in the in sa me the h e directionsa oppositei said h as i passedr e t on t himself, the prisoner , walking very slowly ; and al though at first this man spoke in a low tone, he afterwards, as he swore, clearly recognised him by his voice, his walk and f oo t s t e p. There wore various circumstances he spoke to, which were confirmed by other witnesses—as to the dress, the sleeve, and the hat. It was true that he did not observe a stick, but the man might have had it concealed. Beyond all doubt, the man had some weapon, and the prisoner had a stick. That tho prosecutor did not observe the stick, moreover, might be accounted for thus—that was on the other side of the man, the furthest from the prosector, who it was to be observed was struck first from behind. Look ing at all the circumstances, it was for the jury to say whe ther they had any reasonable doubt. They had heard a long and rather ingenious cross - examination of the prose secutor by the prisoner, especially upon the point of iden tity. They could not fail to observe that the evidence of the prosecutor was not only in itself clear and positive, but was confirmed by circumstances. Nor was that all. It was confirmed by other witnesses. It would be important to consider, in the first place, whether it was proved that the prisoner was probably at or near the spot in question at or about the time of the matter in question. Upon this head the learned judge read and commented upon the evidence • most carefully, especially the evidence of the women. Ho observed that where two witnesses, speaking to the same matter, used precisely the same words it begat a suspicion of concert, although not necessarily criminal concert, be tween them ; but in this instance the language used by the women was different from that used by the prosecutor while describing what, in substance, was the same thing, the ap pearance of a white patch or mark upon the prisoner's sleeve, and he observed that this materially added to the force of their testimony. Having read and commented upon the evidence to show that the prisoner was near the spot about the time when the outrage took place, the learned Judge then came to what he called the important evidence of the young woman to whom the prisoner was engaged as to the stick, the sovereigns, and the handkerchief, and he invited the jury to consider, not merely the separate force of each of these circumstances, but their combined weight and effect. He then observed upon the statements made by the prisoner, observing that the mere fact that an accused person upon his apprehenston uttered untruths was not in itself very decisive, as it of tea happened that persons told falsehoods, who were, nevertheless, innocent of the particu lar crime of which they were accused. Still, it was not to be left out of the case ; and, upon the whole, taking the positive evidence of the prosecutor and the confirmatory circum stances of the case, if the jury, weighing the whole of the evidence, were satisfied that the prisoner was identified, then they would find him guilty upon some one or other of the different counts in the indictment. Then came the question—the important question —as to the intent which gave to the crime its felonious and aggravated character, and it was for the jury to say with what intent the prisoner, if the guilty party, inflicted these wounds. If not satisfied of the intent to kill, they would acquit him of the first and main charge. But they must not forget that the case was of great importance, not merely to the prisoner, but to the public, to whom it was of great importance that the person guilty of such a gross and grievous outrage should be con victed and suffer adequate punishment. It was of great importance that the public should be protected from these outrages, and the jury must look at all the circumstances which attended this particular case, the number and nature of the wounds, the force with which they were inflicted, and the persistency with which they must have been repeated. And if, looking at all these circumstances, the jury felt no reasonable doubt that the prisoner meant to kill, and not merely to wound, they must not shrink, in the discharge of their duty, from finding him guilty upon the graver charge of wounding with intent to murder. The jury then considered of their verdict. After consulting some time one of the jury turned round and asked whether, if the prisoner was convicted, he would suffer death. The learned Judge—You have no right, sir, to ask that question. Several of the jury desired it to be understood that they had not wished it to be asked. The jury said he alone wished to ask it. The learned Baron—Sir, you ought, when you are in the jury box, to deliver your judgment according to the evidence. You are responsible, upon the oath you have taken, for finding a true verdict according to the evidence, leaving the law to take its course. In this particular case, however that there may be no unfounded notion in the mind of any one of you—l may tell you, that though it was a capital offence not long ago, it is so no longer. But Ido not ap prove the question being asked. The Juror—l thank you, my lord. But Lord Brougham-- The learned Judge—Pray, sir, apply your mind to the discharge of your duty. The jury then turned round in the box, and in a few mo ments returned a verdict of guilty of the whole charge. thAti, playa that -the-prisoner- in 1859 was con victed of burglary, and sentenced to four years' penal ser vitude. In answer to the learned judge, it was stated that it was not known whether he had served his full time, but it had expired. The learned Judge then proceeded to pass sentence upon the prisoner. Yuu have been convicted (ho said) of wound , ing with intent to murder, and the jury have shown that they were well aware of the atrocity of the offence. The evidence was so clear and conclusive that I can conceive of no reasonable doubt, and I rejoice that the jury, doing their duty to their country and the law, have not shrunk from giving the verdict which the evidence appeared to require, leaving the consequences to the law. Until a short time ago the offence of which you have been convicted was punishable with death. 'that is not so now. But looking at the wicked and atrocious nature of the attack which you made upon the life of this old man, and also considering that this is not your first offence, but you have been already convicted of a felony with violence, the sentence of the Court is that you be kept in penal servitude for the term of 20 years. The impression produced by this sentence upon the crowded audience was certainly not that it was too severe. On the priscner it produced no impression beyond exciting his rage, and with a fierce look and in an insolent tone, he said, " Ah 1 I shall be back before long 1" an answer which produced a strong impression on all who heard it, and was at once remarked upon as an impressive commentary upon " the deterrent" effect of the present system of punishment. Several of tho other prisoners pleaded guilty, but, as the abo ►e case lastcd until nearly 4 o'clock, the business will take up part of to-morrow (Saturday). The prisoners charged with arson and with night poach ing pleaded guilty. Sentences were reserved. The Youngest Government in America. (From the index.) On the sth of March next there will be three Govern ments on the continent of America, none of which existed three years ago. On that day the Confederate States will be rather more than three years old ; the Empire of Mexico will be about one year old ; and the new Federation, of which Mr Abraham Lincoln has been elected the first Pro sident, will be just ono day old. We propose to comment on this fact, and to point out the obligation it imposes on the Governments of Europe. The three new Governments, besides juvenility, have another feature in common. They have all been created or ratified by a popular vote, and so emphatically teach Us the oft-repeated lesson, that universal suffrage d , )es not necessarily imply a republican form of government ; that it does not guarantee a free government; that it is not the letter a Constitution, but the spirit of the people, which gives birth to and sustains liberty. Besides analogies, there are differences between these Governments which deserve attention. In Mexico the form of government has been changed. In the Federal States the old name and the old form have been retained, but the character of the Government has been completely revolutionised. The Confederate States have taken a new name, but retained the old form and the old principles. The Em pire of Mexico was founded is the hope of replacing anarchy and misery by order and prosperity. The object of the Northern Federation is to conquer the South; the mission of the Confederates is to defend their hereditary rights and freedom. Or, to quote the words of Earl Russell—' The North is fighting for empire, and the South for indepen dence 1' The Empire of Mexico was established by aid of that great military Power which assisted the British colonies of North America in compelling the mother country to recog nise them as 13 sovereign States. The Northern Federation has been ratified by the votes of the majority of the Northern people, The Confederacy represents the unanimous will of the Southern people. Mexico, though not involved in war, has a heavy debt, the legacy of a long period of poli tical strife and degeneracy. The North, though the markets of the world have been open to her to exchange her pro ducts of gold, is already in the throes of national bank ruptcy—her debt is enormous, and her Government issues are not worth 50 per cent. of their nominal value. The debt of the South is not half of that of the North, whilst her currency is vastly more depreciated—but then she has been shut out from commerce, and she has a stock of produce on hand worth more than the amount of her debt twice told. The stability of neither Mexico nor the Northern Federation has been tested by invasion, though we doubt not both could offer a successful resistance. The Confederacy has been tested by four years of invasion on a gigantic scale, and no one who has eyes to see and ears to hear will deny that no young nationality was ever before called upon to endure such a fiery ordeal, or that any nation could have made a more heroic and, thank God I a more sue • cessful defence. It was bat yesterday the Union, itself not older than some living men, was dissolved. Suppose four years ago, when the election of a sectional president warned the sovereign States of the South that they must leave the Union or become the creatures of a Northern faction, that some part of what has since occurred had been revealed —suppose it had been told the Confederates that their right of secession would be denied by Europe—that their ports would be blockaded, and that they would be cut off from all the supplies they so much needed—that the North, blinded_ by covetousness and malignity, would conscript upwards of 2,000,000 men for the purpose of subjugating the South that the North would recruit her armies from Ireland and Germany—that the North would spend £400,000,000 sterling for the prosecution of the war—what, we ask, would have been the effect of such a revelation? It would not have prevented secession, but the most sanguine friend of the South, the most fer vent believer in the strength of patriotic devotion and in the might of right, could not have supposed, could hardly have dared to pray, that the North would make such small progress as she has done. About ultimate triumph there could have been no doubt, but it would have seemed inevit able that nearly all the great cities of the South must have fallen and have been in the military possession of the invader. How different is the actual result I Except New Orleans none of the greater towns have been captured. In the Confederate Capital, but a day's journey from Washington, the Second Session of the Second Congress of the Confederate States is now assembled. We will not ask if Mexico could so triumphantly have resisted such an invasion, but we say, and without fear of contradiction, that had the North been thrown upon her own resources as the South has been, with the same odds against her and the like armies invad her—we say that it is altogether without the limits of pro bability that her resistance would have been so success sul. No wonder that the great man at the head of the Confederate Government, and the great captains who lead the ronfederate armies, should be calm in the hour Of adversity and humble in the hour of victory, feeling that God has been their shield, and that the Lord of Hosts has confounded their enemies. We have said that on the sth of March nett the Fedora.. tion of which Mr Lincoln has been elected the first Presi. dent will be but one day old, and a little reflection will show that this assertion is true, and not a mere figure of speech. Why is the Confederacy called a news Government ? Some of the sovereign States which compose it arelas old as the oldest States in the Northern Federation, and the newest States in the South are not so new as some of the States in the North. The State Governments of the South have not undergone so many changes since 1860 as the State Governments of the North.;The Confederate Congress contains fewer new legislators than the Federal Congress. So far as constitutionalism is concerned, while there have been many important and radical changes in the North, there havo been but few, indeed no fundamental changes in the South. But we shall be told that the South seceded frotu the North, That is true, So it is also that the North has seceded from the South. What does Southern seces sion mean? That the South determined upon having a central government in the election of which the North should have no part. Will not the North, on and after the 4th of March next, have a government in the election of which the South has taken no part ? Did the Federal Con. gress enact that the Southern States should not be allowed to vote in the Prebithmtial election of 1854 ? Surely this is an act of secessien of the North from the South as formal and solemn as the secession of the South from the North. We admit that. the North declares that it intends to attempt to conquer the South. What of that ? Suppose the South declared that it intended to attempt the conquest of the North, would that justify us in refusing to acknowledge the new Northern Federation? Should we therefore have to recall cur Miui,ter from Washington on the 4th of next March ? We l.resume the theory on which European Governments have hitherto refused to recognise the Confederate States is that Mr Lincoln was elected by a majority of the States both North and South, but such an argument will have no application for the 4th March next. The Southern States are not the hereditary dominions of Mr Lincoln. The Southern States do not belong to Mr Lincoln by right of conquest, and he is not their elected ruler. There is no subterfuge, there is no sophistry, by which European Governments can pretend that the Govern ment which will be inaugurated in Washington the 4th of March next is either dejure or de facto the Government of the South. Mr Lincoln may say that he intends to restore the Union by force of arms—that he is going to reconcile the South by slaying her sons, by maltreating her daugh ters, and by burning her homes. But this has nothing to do with the question. We have to deal with the present, not the future. It Mr Lincoln should succeed—if the men of the South should be exterminated, and the lands of the South come into Northern possession —then indeed we should have to recognise in Mr Lincoln the sovereign of the South, But meantime, though Mr Lincoln does not rule over the South, there is a Southern Government, The question then for Europe to decide is this—whether on the 4th of March next she will refuse to recognise the Confede rate Government, and so declare that there is no Govern ment in the South—that is, that the South is in the posit . on of uninhabited land, and that she is a lawful prize for those who first get possession. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE HOME CIRCUIT.—HERTFORD, Dcc. 9. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr Baron Channell.) The business of the Winter Assizms opened here this morning. There 114 cases, among which were three of arson, one of night poaching, two of maliciously wounding, and one of highway robbery with felonious violence. Tiic last•, which was the first case tried, was the ono which ap• polred to excite the greatest interest in the county, and of which the particulars have more than once appeared in our columns in reports of the preliminary investigations before the magistrates. It was the case of the murderous attack upon a tanner at Brickendonbury. George Savage, a young man, described in the calendar as a bricklayer, of Yardley, in this county, was indicted for that, on the 20th of October last, he feloniously did wound one Joseph Barker upon the head with intent feloniously, wilfully, and of malice aforethought to kill and murder him ; second count, for that he feloniously and maliciously did wound him with intent to disable him; third count, that he feloniously did wound him with intent to do him grievous bodily harm ; fourth count, for highway robbery with violence. Mr Clark and Mr Bushby were for the prosecution. The prisoner, rather a good-looking young fellow, whom one would not imagine likely to be guilty of such murder ous violence, but who, as it turned out, had already been convicted of burglary, was not defended by counsel, end de► fended himself with great readiness, but with a dash of im pudence which did not tend to impress people in his favour. It appeared that the prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutor, Mr Barker, a farmer, at Brickendonbury, near this town, but had left his service, and had been living at Tottenham, which is distant about 14 miles. From a lonely farm on the extreme outskirts of this town there is a long, lonely grove, a good part of a mile in length, which leads up to Mr Barker's farm. On the Saturday in ques tion—Saturday being market-day in this town—Mr Bar ker had been as usual at market, and, as probably would would be known to any one who had been in his service, left the town about 10 minutes before 6 o'clock. At Hert ford he happened to take 2 new sovereigns of the present year, which ho had with him. When he got into the lonely walk alluded to, shortly after 6 o'clock—it being, it will be observed, at the end of October, so that it would be dark— he passed three men going up the lane, and then he met another man, to whom he said " Good night," and after this, about 10 minutes past 6, he passed a man in a long coat and billycock hat, who was walking slowly, and whose appearance (he said) he did not like. This man, whom he did not seem then to recognise, said " Good night" in a very low tone, and Mr Barker passed him, and not quite liking his look walked on fast, leaving him a little behind. The man, however, came up alongside of him, and Mr Barker addressed him, saying, " Aro you going to Bricken don, Sir ?" to which he answered, " Yes, sir." Mr Barker said, " We don't get much rain ?" The man said very lowly (i.e., in a very low tone), " No, sir." Mr Barker, who it was clear did not at that time recognise the man, walked on, and had gone about 30 steps when the man struck him on the side of the head with something vary heavy, like lead, and knocked him down. Mr Barker half rose on his knees, but the man hit him another blow upon the head and knocked him down again. He tried to rise'a second time, but the man struck him again upon the temple and knocked him down. He tried to get up a third time, but the man hit him a tremendous blow on his head and he fell down stunned and insensible. Ho lay there some time, and when he came to himself he was covered with blood, and still bleeding copiously from wounds in the head. He stag gered along, faint and bleeding as he was, and managed, though with difficulty, to reach his house, when he found that he had been robbed of two sovereigns and some silver. The surgeon was sent fcr and found as many as 10 distinct wounds upon his head, which must have been inflicted by blows with a heavy weapon and with great force, and some of which indeed were, he said, so terribly severe that it was hard to say how many blows might not have been in flicted. It was a wonder, he said, that with such wounds the poor man should have survived, nor would he have done so had it not been, not only for prompt medical and surgi cal treatment, but for a good constitution and healthy and moderate habits. As it was, he said, many a man would have died from those wounds, and he remained for some time in a highly critical state. He had only now so far recovered as to bo able to appear in court, his head bandaged up and his whole appearance and voice indicating extreme weakness. It was only, indeed, by the use of restoratives from time to time that ho was enabled to bear the fatigue of his examina tion. As already mentioned, be had not at first observed who it was, and on his first examination, when he was vary weak, although ho thought it was the prisoner, he hesitated somewhat and did not speak positively, although he not only gave a description of his dress and hat, which corre sponded with the prisoner's, but also mentioned a peculiar matter which was spoken to by other witnesses who saw the prisoner near the spot, namely a white mark or patch upon his coat, which turned out to be torn, and he spoke particularly to that which helped very much to identify the prisoner—namely, the billycock hat which he wore. The prisoner also wore a belt round his waist, which was spoken to by several witnesses as helping to identify him. Moreover, the prisoner was observed on the same afternoon going towards the scene of the outrage, or, at all events, towards Brickendon. At the next examination the prose cutor being somewhat more recovered was able to give hie evidence better, and he then spoke more positively as to the identity of the man with the prisoner. He swore posi tively, indeed, that the man was the prisoner, and said that ho recognised his voice and footsteps at the moment when the man, just before the attack, stepped up to him more quickly, The prisoner on the 7th of November was E . PRICE ...... ...4d STAMPED ....5d Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's screw steamer Cadmus, 21, 1,466 tons, 400 horse power, having undergone extensive alteration and repair, both to hull and machinery, was yesterday taken out of Chatham harbour to the measured mile at the Maplin Sands, near the Nore, for the purpose of testing her steaming qualities, her former trials having proved unsatisfactory. The Cadmus was built at Chatham dockyard, and, after seeing a lengthened period of service, underwent a thorough repair at their establishment, where she was fitted with a topgallant forecastle. Her engines are of 400 horse power (nominal); and were menu• factured by Messrs. Penn and Sons, Greenwich. The cylinders are each sft 4in in diameter, and the length of stroke is 31t 3in. The foar boilers are fed by 16 furnaces. Since the Cadmus has been in the hands of the shipwright and engineer department at Chatham she has been fitted with a "left-handed" Griffiths screw, in lieu of her former Admiralty propeller, in consequence of the unsatisfactory ree sults obtained from the latter. The screw weighs rather lees than ten tons, and is 16ft in diameter, with a length of blade of 3ft bin, the edge of the blades during the trial yesterday being 3in out of the water. The screw is set at a pitch of 24ft, but this can be varied from 20ft to 28ft. The trial was under the superintendence of Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., commanding the steam reserve in the Med way, the other officials on board being Mr T. Baker, chief inspector of machinery at Chatham dockyard, and Mr W. Rumble, inspector of machinery afloat. The master-shipwright's department was repre sented by Mr Barley. The Cadmus was navi gated from Chatham by Mr Blakey, Queen's pilot, and on being placed on the trial-ground six runs were tt..ken over the measured mile, with the following results First run--Tinie, 4min. 57st c. ; speed, in knots per hour, 12.121 ; number of revolu lions, 62. Second run—Time, smin. (aim ; speed, 10.027 knots; number of revolutions, 61. Third run—Tinat; Cnin. 53sec. ; speed, 12.5 knots; number of revolutions, 62. Four ran—Time, sLoin. 12scc. ; speed, 11.533 knots; number of revolutions, 61. Fifth mi.—Time, 4 min. 34 sec. ; speed, 13.138 knots; number of revolutions, 62. Last run.—Time, 5 min.l6 sec. ; 5pecd,11,392 knots ; and number of revolutions, 61. From the means of these readings the first averages were 11.074, 11.263, 12'019, 12338, and 12265 knots, and the second means IPI6B, 11.641, 12.178, and 12'301 knots, giving the truermean, or actual speed of the ship, as 11.882 knots per hour. The result is cone sidered very satiefactory. It shows that the changes made in the Cadmus have increased her speed nearly 21 knots per hour, her average speed on the occa sion of her last official trial at her deep-sea draught being only 9'709 knots per hour. Various causes are assigned for this improvement, the chief of which are the new eerewepropeller with which she has been fitted, and the alterations effected in her engines. On the former occasion of her trial it was found im possible to keep the steam at a greater pressure than 17.251 b, even with the throttleevalve but a quarter open. The exit area of the stoke-hole, which in other vessels of the corvette class amounts to 20 square inches per horse power, in the Cadmus was only 7-10ths of a square inch, and to these great defects the unsatisfactory results thus obtained were attributable. Since that occasion the changes made have been very great, and these now combine to make the Cadmus one of the fastest of her class of vessels in the navy. After the full-boiler runs were completed a couple of runs were taken at half-speed, with two of the boilers cut off, when the mean average speed realised was 905 knots. At the termination of the speed trials the steamer was tested in making the circles and half-circles. When at full bailer power, with the helm brought over hard to port, at an angle of 21 dog., the complete circle was made in 3 min. 33 sec. ; at half boiler power the full circle was made to starboard in 5 min. 50 sec., with the helm at an angle of 27 deg. The half circle at full power was made to starboard in 2 min. 11 see., and to port in 2 min. 5 sec. From the time of telegraphing the order from the bridge to the engine-room the en gines were stopped dead from full speed in 15 sec., and started ahead in 10 sec. ; the time occupied in starting astern after the transmission of the order was 6 sec. The engines, which were in charge of Mr Bird, engineer, worked with remarkable steadi ness and regularity, and there was a total absence of hot bearings. The boilers emitted a full supply of steam, and the indicator cards showed the actual work of the engines during the trial to be 1,580- horse power. The Cadmus is ventilated on Mr Baker's system, which has been found to answer well on board the Achilles, Royal Oak, and other vessels where it has been adopted. During the trial yesterday the temperature, which on deck was 51 deg., averaged 60 deg. in the engine-room, and 111 deg. in the stokeholes. The Cadmus has all her guns, shot, shell, and other stores on board, and her bunkers filled with upwards of 200 tons of coal. At the close of the trials yesterday she brought up at the entrance to Chatham harbour, and this morning will steam up alongside the dockyard, where she will await orders from the Admiralty as to her sub aequent movements. The Trident, paddlewheel steam sloop,Commander C. J. Balfour, arrived at Spithead yesterday morn ing from the Mediterranean. After transferring her naval and marine invalids from various ships on the station to the flagship Victory, she left for having been nearly four Woolwich. to be paid off, years in commission. Capt. Harrison, who has been appointed Adjutant at the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, has joined h ea dquarters and commenced the duties of the appointment, in succession to Capt. Harvey. The following appointments were made on Thurs- day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. James D. Barker to the Cumberland—Snb..Lieut. Victor E. J. B. Von Donna the Duncan—Charles Bayfield, second master, additional, to the Duncan—aad R. H. C. Hebdon, second master, additional, to the Victory, RV supernumerary. #,,, ~~: r After an illn ess o f some d ur atine, N, Constant Mocqaard, the p r i vate secretary tohk Emperor Napoleon, died yest er d ay a t P ar i s i n his 74th year, to the great grief of hi s S overe i gn, w h o was much attached to him, and who loses a devoted attsd well" proved adherent. The Emperor visited M. .-M"" guard a short time eince, and remained for some time. Since that visit the medical Ii1i0" tins have been forwarded to Compiegne daily, but from their tone it was only too evident that no heptt of restoration has existed for some days. M. Moequ'ltd, who was a man of letters as will as a great political celebrity, was born at J3ordeaux' on November 11, 1791. He passed many of hiss :. , arlier years at Paris, where he achieved disti[c non as a scholar, obtained an exhibition ftt the Vi . y taneum, and afterwards earned off a prize at a puh' iic competition. He studird law for a short time, but spectlity enter - ea on political life by proceeding to Wurtzburg in 1812, as secretary of legation to General Count i 1 Month,lon, wh o , a few short years afterwards, accompanied the E mperor N apo ,. Icon to St Helena. M. Mocquard had been but tt, few months at Wurtzburg before he received bia appointment as charge d'uffaires; but, in the course of the stirring events of that important period of European history, ho was recalled to Paris, where ho resumed and completed his legal studies. Then came the restoration of the Bourbons, and with that event arose the energy of the young student, who closely identified himself with the Liberal party in their endeavours to subvert the reigning family. in. 1817, being then simply a licentiate, he gave proof of much ability and energy in conducting the defence of several political offenders, acting in con. juction with several eminent French lawyers. Dur ing the three subsequent years he continued to make, advances towards forensic fame, being engaged itt political causes of great note; but failing health forced him to quit the bar in 1826, after which period, till 1830, ho lived in retirement and con, tinned his studies. After the Revolution of July, when the Duke of Orleans assumed the direction of affairs, and after. wards ascended the throne as Louis Philippe, M. Mocquard accepted the office of sous.prefet at Bag nerres de Bigorre, in the department of the Pyre nees, but resigned this office in 1839, having never abated in his former attachment to the Napoleonic fortunes. For a long time he had maintained close relations with several members of the imperial family, and made repeated visits to the Chateau of Arenenburg, on the Lake of Constance, where Queen Hortense was then residing under the title of Duchess of Saint Len, in the society of her two sone. Here he gained the confidence of the ex- Queen and the friendship .of Prince Louis ; and being thenceforward free from all engagements towards Louis Philippe, he joined the present Em• peror in Loudon in 1840, soon after his arrival from Switzerland, but afterwards returned to Paris to undertake the direction of the Commerce, one of the journals devoted to the cause of Louis Napoleon. After the effeir at Boulogne, which resulted in the capture of the Prince, his trial before the Chamber of Peers, and his condemnation to perpetual impriv sonment. M. Mocquard continued energetically to defend his cause, and visited him at Ham on several occasions. Amidst the important events of 1848, wheri the prince hastened to Paris to offer his services to the Provisional Government, but retired in obedience to a fear expressed by that body that his presence would cause some embarrassment, M. Moequard acted with increased zeal in rallying partisans around the prince, and promoting his election as President of the Republic; and as the elections approached. he was one of the most active members of the committee which had for its president Gen. Pyat. At this time, also, he was in constant communica• tion with the prince, acting as his private secretary during his residence at the hotel on the Place Ven dome. After the magical influence of the name he) bore Lad resulted in the triumphant election or Piinee Louis on Doc. 10, :NI. Mocquttid coutibiod, his duties as secretary, out now fiSving also conferred on him the title of Clof du Cabinet. evioui to c;:rryirg out the coup 11 clot of DA:). 2, 1851, by which the plans of Gen. Changarnier were defeated, the President confided his intentions to his trusty secretary, who took an important pert in the extcution of this decisive step, and since then has constantly continued to fill his important duties at the Imperial Court, Notwithstandir,g the demands upon his time during the greater part of his life, M. Mocquard has been enabled to contribute some literary works which have acquired more or less celebrity, but few of these have been published under his name'. Amongst other effusions attributed to him may b© cited a memoir or notice of Queen Hortense, which was inserted in the " Biographic des Contempora rains," and was reprinted in the "Revue de l'Eme pire." A large collection of "Nouvellee Causes Ceiebres," published in 1847, is attributed to him ; and besides these works many draneas,some of which were taken from the remarkable trials narrated in this collection, were confidently stated to have been in a great measure written by the Emperor's prie vate secretary. The two most famous of these were the " Tireuse de Cartes," produced at the close of 1559, and the " Massacres de Syrie," produced at the same time in the following year. Some portion of the leisure of M. Mocquard's life has also been devoted to classical pursuits, as is evidenced by a translation of Tacitus and other works. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Dec. 19; via Marseilles: .. Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet. Jan. 5. , Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Dec. 29, China, Penang, and Singapore, via Sout.hampton.Dec. 19. via Marseilles ...Dec. 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. 12. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 19, via Marseilles , Dec, 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Dec. 21. Portugal.... ...... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 12. • via Marseilles Deo. 13. Newfoundland ..p e e. 21. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Dec 15. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Dec. IG. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Dec. 11: West Indies and Pacific . Dec. 14. Bahamas (via New York) Dec. 15. Bermuda (ditto) ..Dec. 21. Cuba and Mexico Dec. 29. LOCUSTS.—Fresh flights of locusts have once more visited Queen's Town, and done a deal of damage tar the young grass, At Haas Fontein, Mr T. Miller has again been a severe sufferer, the locusts having destroyed all hig young crops, and eaten off all the new grass. From thence to the commonage they have left a track as barren as 06 wilderness. They have settled down on the thorns on the borders of the commonage close to Mr Fincham's. Herer they may be seen in myriads, having eaten off every greens leaf from the thorn bushes that abound in those parts. We never saw anything to equal this. The tree!' appeared as though they were covered with a thick glittering brown moss, while all round the roots the locusts lay about siX inches thick.—Cape of Good Hope paper. BREAKFAST BEYERAGE.—Homceopathic practitioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa; as being the most healthful of all beverages. When the doc trine of homoeopathy was first introduced into this country; there were to be obtained no preparations of cocoa either at tractive to the taste or acceptable to the stomach ; the nut was either supplied in the crude state, or p s p o s, u o !i f s Lo i unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. E e bs a ue r icoen l g B e 3 d 9 teth to , w t fl u ir r ts it itt , tHh hisoe m a at c e st es o ni p st a ti a t o h nn i e e e t C o o h ft e h m i ei Is a s be t u , w rb ja a et c s e n ma d an u cd c h e i d ante i n rlye t n, h gei tnh y to produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined. by the perfect trituration it rec e i ves in the process ' it passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. Ep s Coic) beverage, eirsahrre mostan Invigo rating,generalgratefulu se breakfast ri -" i deli cious aroma. Dr. Hassall in his work, "Food and its Adulterations," says contains p cioecso_acv cr yingredient necessary to a great variety of im portant nutritive principles—every the growth and sustenance of the body." Again: "As a. nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher than other coffee or tea." Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup, filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured ie tin-lined alb., ilb., and ilb. labelled packets, and sold by all grocers, confectioners, and chemists. - [Any - T.] LADVERTISEMENT.]- I . l olloway's Ointment and Pills.— These wonderful productions have now become so appro• elated in every part of the world, that they form a come plete household treasure; the worst eases of Ulcers, wounds,. and every variety . of skin diseases, for w hi c h so many reme• dies have been tried without effect, readily succumb to their power; they act so miraculously upon the system, as to be considered a complete phenomenon in the healing art. 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